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1 posted on 02/13/2020 11:10:20 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

It’s a dhow. What is a dhow? A dhow is a small vessel with lateen sails. What the heck is lateen sails and how does that help me understand what a dhow is? I never heard of a dhow and I never heard of lateen sails.


2 posted on 02/13/2020 11:34:57 PM PST by webheart
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CG-60, a nearly 300 yard long ship, with 2 helos, coming at you at 35 knots would give you pause.

I wonder if they had humint from Iran assets.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 3:28:01 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: knighthawk

This also happened a few hours after the Senate passed their war powers resolution.


8 posted on 02/14/2020 3:29:59 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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